Trump Plays Pinball with Nuke Subs
Posted: 4th August 2025
Trump redeploys nuclear submarines after ex-Russia leader’s menacing tweet. Order suggests president might be ready to launch nuclear strike against Russia as tensions rise over Ukraine war. Donald Trump has said that he has deployed nuclear-capable submarines to the “appropriate regions” in response to a threatening tweet by Russia’s former president Dmitry Medvedev, suggesting that he would be ready to launch a nuclear strike as tensions rise over the war in Ukraine. In a post on Truth Social on Friday, Trump wrote that he had decided to reposition the nuclear submarines because of “highly provocative statements” by Medvedev, noting he was now the deputy chairman of Russia’s security council.
Guardian 1st Aug 2025
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/01/trump-nuclear-submarines-russia-ukraine
Trump to deploy two nuclear submarines after Russian ‘provocations’. The US president accused Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council, of making ‘foolish and inflammatory statements’.
Times 1st Aug 2025
Telegraph 1st Aug 2025
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025/08/01/trump-moves-nuclear-weapons-towards-russia/
ITV 2nd Aug 2025
Why has Trump deployed nuclear submarines? The US president wants to demonstrate that he is a man of action and send a message to President Putin after the Russian leader rejected his calls for a truce.
Times 1st Aug 2025
https://www.thetimes.com/us/american-politics/article/nuclear-submarines-russia-why-trump-0dg75mtjn
Never before has a US leader chosen to engage in nuclear brinkmanship of this kind. US president brazenly climbs first rung of nuclear escalation ladder, but few are panicking.
Telegraph 1st Aug 2025
Putin is more likely to start a nuclear war than many are prepared to admit. It’s good that Donald Trump has seen through the Russian regime. It’s less good that nuclear policy is being dictated by social media posts.
Telegraph 1st Aug 2025
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/comment/2025/08/01/putin-more-likely-start-nuclear-war-many-admit/